The Miracle: When God Rewrote Christopher's Normal
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Every story holds the power to remind us that miracles are not just tales of the past; God still performs them today.
This is the remarkable story of Christopher Gunderson, who for 16 years lived without the simple act of eating. From just two weeks old, Christopher struggled to keep down his formula, vomiting after every feeding. Doctors had to administer his formula in agonizingly small doses. By week seven, baffled physicians discovered his stomach wasn't moving or operating as it should, leading to a diagnosis of gastroparesis. Before his first birthday, Christopher had two tubes surgically placed: one directly into his small intestine to deliver vital, nutrient-rich formula for his growth, and another into his stomach to relieve any pressure from his attempts to eat by mouth. For 16 long years, these two tubes were Christopher's lifeline, his only source of nutrition. This extraordinary existence became Christopher's "normal."
As Christopher entered his teenage years, doctors grew increasingly uncertain about how much longer the formula alone could sustain his life. Then, one day, when Christopher was 16, his mom attended a church service where an evangelist shared a powerful testimony of his own miraculous healing by the God of the universe. A profound sense that God was prompting her to speak to the evangelist about her son welled within her. When she cautiously approached him, he simply instructed her: "Bring your son to the service tomorrow, and I will pray for him."
The very next day, Christopher and his mother were in attendance. As Christopher walked into the church, a strange, pulsating sensation began in his abdomen. It was as if God was already at work, preparing him for something profound. After the service, Christopher and his mother approached the evangelist, who gently laid a hand on Christopher's shoulder and began to pray. During that prayer, the abdominal pulsation intensified tenfold! Then, halfway through, Christopher felt an electric shock surge from his right shoulder, through his chest, and down into his abdomen. The intense pain he experienced in that fleeting moment was a small, divinely ordained price to pay for what was about to happen: complete healing.
Later that very night, Christopher and his family went out for a meal. And there, at that table, for the first time in his life, Christopher was able to eat food by mouth and experience absolutely no symptoms! In the weeks and years that followed, Christopher continued to eat freely, defying all medical explanation. The astonished doctors, unable to account for his recovery, had no choice but to remove the two tubes they had once so carefully inserted. Christopher is now 30 years old, living a life no longer defined by his condition, continuing to eat and truly redefine his normal. Christopher continues to proclaim his miracle from the mountaintops. Let's join him in sharing this powerful testimony.
